The Real Revolution

The Original Rebels--What
Happened to Them?

THE
ORIGINAL REBELS
What happened to them?

JOHN ADAMS served as ambassador to England at the time of
the Constitutional Convention, was elected Vice President in the
Washington administration and became the second President of the
United States in 1797.SAMUEL ADAMS retired from Congress in 1781, served as a Massachusetts
state senator and also governor after the death of John Hancock.ETHAN ALLEN was imprisoned for two years in Canada and in
Britain. After he was released he settled on 1400 acres of farmland
where he pushed for Vermont statehood.BENEDICT ARNOLD went to London in 1781 and lived with his
wife and son for another 20 years, despised by Americans and ignored
by Englishmen.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is considered by many historians to be
the greatest diplomat in American history. This statesman, scientist,
inventor and writer lived to be 84 years old.NATHANIEL GREENE faced deep personal debt after paying for
clothiers to outfit his Southern troops during the war. He died
at the young age of 44.ALEXANDER HAMILTON's arrogant personality created enmity,
and he was fatally wounded during a duel with rival Aaron Burr in
1804.JOHN HANCOCK found himself distanced from his former revolutionary
colleagues and returned to Massachusetts, where he served as Governor
on and off for eleven years.PATRICK HENRY served as Governor of Virginia and "smelled
a rat" regarding the Constitution. He favored a plan that gave
more power to the states, and in consequence, led the drive for
a Bill of Rights.THOMAS JEFFERSON replaced Ben Franklin as minister to France
in the court of King Louis XVI, was appointed Secretary of State
by President Washington, served as Vice President under John Adams,
and became the third President of the United States in 1801.JOHN PAUL JONES was made a chevalier of France, visited the
U.S. for the last time in 1787 and served as a Russian rear admiral
before returning to Paris.JAMES MADISON married a vivacious bombshell named Dolley
Paine Todd in 1794, served as Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson
and became the fourth President of the United States in 1809.FRANCIS MARION served in the South Carolina senate, was a
delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention, and later
commanded Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor. JAMES MONROE served as a Congressman from Virginia, an ambassador
to France, and became the fifth President of the United States in
1817.DANIEL MORGAN suffered from sciata and nearly died. He recovered
to entertain 19 grandchildren with colorful and graphic depictions
of the war. THOMAS PAINE became too radical even for America and moved
to France where he was imprisoned for supporting the French Revolution.
He died impoverished.PAUL REVERE headed a unit of the Massachusetts militia. After
the war he opened a foundry in Boston that provided copper sheeting
for the hull of the U.S.S. Constitution. Revere outlived 10 of his
16 children.GEORGE WASHINGTON became "The Father of Our Country,"
a man more admired and respected in his lifetime than any subsequent
figure in American history. The nation and the world mourned when
he died in 1799.

The French:KING LOUIS XVI of France was sent to the guillotine during
the French Revolution of 1789 - the same year that America celebrated
the inauguration of its first president.THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE helped to begin the French Revolution,
but was later exiled during the reign of military dictator Napolean
Bonaparte. After touring America in 1824 he returned to France with
a crate of U.S. soil for his burial plot.

The English:KING GEORGE III considered abdicating his throne after the
defeat at Yorktown, and suffered from bouts of insanity. England
fought on to protect the British empire against the French, Spanish
and Dutch. SIR HENRY CLINTON became the scapegoat for the loss of America.
He divided his time between his legitimate family and his American
mistress whom he had met in Boston in 1775.LORD CORNWALLIS was cleared of all blame after the surrender
at Yorktown and was appointed Governor-General of India.BANASTRE TARLETON returned to England as a hero where he
gambled, drank and wenched for many years. He was eventually knighted.